Fay, thanks, that was wonderful. I was inspired to read more about Dino - he was just a bit before my time. My parents would love to watch the Dean Martin celebrity roasts; they would howl with laughter. Sadly I was a surly adolescent at that point in my life and kinda tuned it out. I should go back and watch some; all of those people were immensely talented.

He was before my time too, lewy, but I did watch those Dean Martin roasts. In fact we've been thinking of buying them, they've been released recently as a boxed set of 8-tracks...er, I mean CDs ;-) All the greats were there and they were truly hilarious - unlike the current roasts which seem to consist of one-upmanship a la The Aristocrats.

I'm going to be honest with you. I know that commercial very well, I didn't realize it was the Sex Pistols. But the second it comes on, we switch the channel because it's so frickin' irritating! Seriously!

I couldn't resist. I love Gahan Wilson, when I read your words, it was the first thing that came to mind.He did 2 of those, same theme with different participants. I made a colored pencil drawing of the other one for Tom 20+ years ago. It's hanging above the john in our mud room bathroom :-)

Wonderful selections Fay! Dino brings teh sex-ay! He was a heartthrob to several generations, wasn't he? I've always loved Sam Cooke and John Hiatt. Listening to the three back-to-back was perfect on this cold, dreary Ozarks morning...